Sowams Heritage Area Project Coordinator Dave Weed met with Laura McNamara, Executive Director of the East Providence Area Chamber of Commerce today to explore ways that they can support the Sowams Heritage Area Project. Laura provided the names of several people local historians who couls be helpful in telling the Sowams story, including that of […]
The Sowams Heritage Area was one of three featured subjects at the annual Watchemoket Square Day event at Tockwotton on the Waterfront in East Providence on September 30, 2018. Project Coordinator Dr. David Weed presented a brief overview of the Sowams Heritage Area with a focus on the development of India Point in Providence and Bold […]
The Bristol Historical & Preservation Society held a two-hour drop-in event on the 17th century at the Society headquarters at 48 Court Street in Bristol on September 29, 2018. Former Bristol resident Harold Crowley drove down from Quincy to attend the drop-in and learn some of the American Aboriginal history around the Bristol Narrows where he […]
Lisa Brooks, Ph.D., Associate Professor of English and American Studies at Amherst College gave a talk on her recently published book, Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip’s War at the Carpenter Museum in Rehoboth, MA. The book recovers a complex picture of war, captivity, and Native resistance during the “First Indian War” (later named King […]
Dr. David Weed, coordinator of the Sowams Heritage Area Project, presented at an event organized by the Bristol Historical & Preservation Society at the Historic Statehouse building on September 24, 2018. Dr. weed began the presentation by talking about Massasoit Osamequin who welcomed the Pilgrims and kept a peace treaty for over fifty years. He went […]
Members of the Mashapaug Nahaganset Tribe joined the Neutaconkanut Hill Conservancy Annual Event on September 22, 2018 to help recognize the important role that the Hill played in the lives of indigenous people who occupied that land for thousands of years. Raymond “Two Hawks” Watson spoke at the event, saying “So Miantanomi came up here […]
Dr. Burton Van Edwards, visiting lecturer at Bridgewater State University and Bryant University, conducted a tour of Mathewson Road and Jenny’s Lane in Barrington, RI on September 15, 2018 for the Barrington Preservation Society. He began with some of the early history of the town and went on to describe the legacy of Allen C. Mathewson […]
East Providence Historical Society Co-chair Nancy Moore helped to launch the Sowams Heritage Area as a new preservation effort designed to identify the vestiges of the 17th century in eight communities. Project Coordinator David Weed welcomed about 25 people to the event held at the Hunt House Museum and outlined the goal of eventually developing […]
The Sowams Heritage Area Project was featured at the 65th Annual Christ Church Harvest Festival in Swansea Village on September 8, 2018, the day before the official launch of the project at the East Providence Historical Society headquarters at Hunt’s Mill Museum. Project Coordinator David Weed was invited by Church member and George Hail (Warren) […]
The 17th Century Rhode Island MeetUp group met at the Martin House on August 26th for a tour conducted by student volunteer docents who described the contents of the house and nearby barn. The Martin Farmhouse on Stoney Hill Road and Route 6 in Swansea, MA, dates to 1728, but it is quite likely that a house was constructed […]